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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Truffle \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to
Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L.
tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.]
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,
usually of a blackish color. The French truffle ({Tuber
melanosporum}) and the English truffle ({Tuber aestivum}) are
much esteemed as articles of food.
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{Truffle worm} (Zool.), the larva of a fly of the genus
{Leiodes}, injurious to truffles.
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